Self-dumping fresno scraper.



J. F. BOONE.

SELF ,DUMPING mswo scum. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 619w 1,164.,459. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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SELF-DUMPING FRESNO SGRAPEB.

Specification of Letters I'atent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1M5

Application filed February 6, 1915. Serial No. 6,539.

To all whom it my concern Be it known that I, Jonx FRANK Booxn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklymin the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and linproved Self- Dumping Fresno Scraper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. j

This invention relates to improvements in dirt scrapers and more particularly to Fresno scrapers or scrapers for. handling loose dirt, such as in leveling ground previously plowed when the land is about to be irrigated, as distinguished from slip scrapers, such as used on reclamation projects to cut into the solid earth and carry it off.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a scraper of the'type specified '111 which the container or scraper body is rotatably fixed to an operating handle forming a part of a framein such a manner that when the scraper is advanced along the ground it will be under absolute bontrol of the driver or attendant in c iilecting and dumping a load, the scraper being so constructed that the container willbe normally held from rotation but may be released and caused to revolve independent of the handle bar without capsizing the entire machine, handle bar and all, as is necessary with the usual Fresno scrapers. In the presto take the load under the control of the driver, to be projected into the earth to cause the dumping thereof at any desired point and to return to an operative position during the continued advancement thereof by rolling of the container, while novel means are provided for holding the container against rotation or revolving movement in either direction unless released, such means being capable of operation by one hand so that the other hand will be free for the sole use of handling the team.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the peculiar combination and arrangement of parts to be herelI after more fully described, illustrated and claimed, it being also an object to provide a machine which. is simplein construction,

, durable and efficient in operation and not likely to get out of Working order.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in ally the views and in ivl1ich Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved scraper taken at right angles to the frame and handle bar as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 2

IS a. side elevation of the device as shown 1nv Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fi l and proved scraper comprises container or scraper body 10 which is made somewhat scoop-shape and substantially cylindrical or circular in cross section for a greater portion of its circumference. This body is made up of end sections 11 preferably of sheet metal and tapered toward the bottom and cutting edge as shown at 12, and the bottom edges of the end sections adjacent thereto are made straight, as shown at 13. From the point it, slightly in rear of the maximum point of height or top of the container or body, that is, with respect to the end sections 11, the latter are provided with inmg. The cutting blade 16 is secured to the bottom faces of the flanges and is provided with a sharpened cutting edge 17 at the extreme ends of the tapered portions 12 so as to positively engage the earth for scraping the same. v This blade is preferably of steel while a malleable metal back portion 18 is also secured to the flanges 15 of the end sec tions between the rear edge 19 of the blade 16 and the point 14:, above'and forwardly of which, at the top edges of the end sections, the container or body is counterbalanced by weights 20 which are riveted or otherwise secured to the end sections. The counterbalancingweights and reinforcing portions 20 may be casted and connected by a longitudinal brace 21 also producing a counterweight, but the essential feature of the brace is that it serves as a counterweight to assist in revolving or rotating the container after having dumped its load, as will be hereinafter explained, and to strengthen the container or scraper body by resisting outward or inward pressure against'the end sections. Mounted axially through the end sections 11 are trunnions 22 which project outwardly, and secured as by riveting to said and sections at their outer faces are cams 23,

. the same having notches producing shouL.

notches to be relieved of the collection of dirt and foreign matter.

trunnions 22 outwardly of parallel side portions 27 of a frame 28 comgrising oppositely extending and forwardly iverging sections bent 1 to form the, side ortions 27 so that the container or scraper liody may have rotation relative thereto. A handle bar-9 is fixed to the portions 28 and is further strengthened by diagonal braces 30 extending between the handle and the-parts 28. v v i Carried by the frame and the handle bar and cooperating with the cams are means .to lock hold the container or scraper body against revolving movement orto pc I: the same to turn as desired, and for thy? purpose an auxiliary frame'including a piece-31 with oppositely'divergi portions parallel to the portions 28 is rovided, andsaid per-"- tions are made'ri i by a transverse brace 32, while the en s offthe P'Htl0l183l. are bent forwardly in vparallel relation toi' ,0,- ride latch born 33 which are enlarge; at their forwardends. The portions 33 have sliding moven'icut throughguide's or stra irons 34 ad} acent to the portions 31 and to the side portions portions operate through guide loops 85 also carried by theportions-Q'I, each loop consisting of a single section of metal or ca disposed against the outer face of a side thereof, the loops being passed over the side portions andriveted or Jherwise connected. thereto at their lower ends, as shown all as. V

Normall the tapered forward engaging ends the latch bolts 33 gagenicnt e the notches of the cams 23, i this being 2 :omplished through the me 50 diinn of expansible springs 37 mounted oneteins 32: between the arallel portions 28 and 31 at-each side-cli the frame, the stems lined to the portions 31 and g through apertures in the portions as i so that the springs will is compressed 1'"? a latter when the bolts are Withom the notches, free of the periphe t; of the cams to permit the container or scraper body to tum. For this purpose the piece of the auxiliary frame is provided with a centrally disposed and upwardly offset coupling memh r 39 in the form spaced ears between which. the forward end of a latch rod 40 is pivoted. This latch rod operates through guide loops the'cams 23 are :iNorm'a spect up the frame. scraperllna'y be advanced by suitable draft means, as by a team connected to a draft bar:

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27, while their enlarged side portion 27 and spaced'from the inner are held into en-' f handle bar at the upper edge 01' the latter, and the rear 'end of the rod 40 is bifu'rca'tadtoltnddle the handle bar ad- 'jacent tothe handle portion thereof. Pivtmg 'oted to'said handle bar is a bell crank lever 42 hu'j slotted endsin pivotal engagelnent wit the rear end of the rod 40 and the forwal d end of a latch handle '43 in turn pivoted intermediate of its ends to a depending projection from the handle bar.

ment with the notches of the cams so as to prevent the container from turning with re- In this position the or evene'r 44 connected by means of links 45 to the trunnion; 22 outwardly of the cams,

same has filled the container. The dirt can never get'hifir tl n the back'portion 18 this height further loading dis;harge of the dirt reartop edge/of said back portion. The links 45 are preferably connected between spaced flashers. 46 with suitable lock nuts 4 i' 6: other -i taining means inounted on the trumions outwardly thereof in will result in the wardly .over the order to hold the links, as well as the frame,

displacement with respect to the trunmom.

Secured. to the end sections 11 of the container atright angles to the side portions of the frame are spring lugs 48 consisting of fiat strips of spring metal riveted or otherwise secured to the outer faces of said sections and having their free ends bent inwardly through slots 49 in the sections 11, the inner ends of said rebent portions being directed atgight Jingles as shown at 50 and constituting means to limit the outward dlsplacement of the lugs but to permit their free inward movement protected by inclosures or caps 51 secured to the inner faces of the sections so that collection of, dirt in the slots to interfere with the movements of the'l'ugs will be obviated. mally project outwardly and together with the shoulders of the cams prevent turning ly the latch handle is s need from the handle portion of the handle at and the; a, springs 37 hold the latch bolts in engageloose dirt until the These lugs nor of the container in either direction, but when i the container has been fil ed it may be emptied of its contents or dumped by directing the edge 17 of the blade 16 into the ground and by releasing the latch bolts from the shoulders of the cams by operation of the latch handle Prior to releasing the latch .bolts the hand e bar is slightly elevated so as to take the strain from the shoulders or teeth of the cams, which thus being relieved of pressure will permit free movement of the latch handle and bolts to draw the-latter free of the cams and permit the container to turn for emptying its contents, as shown in raised from the shoulders of the cams, thus imparting a tipping movement to the container which, by reason of the counterbalanced portions and the fact that it is cir cular for a greater portion of its circumference, will cause it to continue to roll or turn during the advancement of the scraper until the spring lugs snap by the sides of the frame and the latch bolts snap over the shoulders 24 and thus again hold the container against turning and ready for the next load.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A scraper of the class described, comprising end sections of sheet metal, said end sections being circular in contour for greater portions of their circumferences and having tapered portions with straight bottom edges and with inwardly extending flanges along said straight edges and upwardly in rear of the same, a bladeattached to said flanges atfsaid straight edges, a back portion attached to said flanges in rear of and continuously with the blade, counterbalancing weights at the top portions of the sections and including a brace extending between the same, trunnions earned by said end portions, draft means attached to said trunnions, a frame pivoted to the trunnions and having a handle bar for manipulating the same and cooperative means carried by the end sections and frame to hold the container against turning or to permit the same to revolve as desired.

. 2. In a dumping scraper, the combination with a scraper body of substantially cylindrical form with a scraping edge and trunnions projecting outwardly from the ends thereof in axial alinement; of cams fixed tothe ends of the body and having shoulder portions, a frame straddling the body and pivoted to the trunnions, said frame having a handle bar projecting rearwardly from its central portion, latch bolts slidably mounted on the frame to cooperate same from the shoulders,

openings ad acent to said shouldered por-' tions to prevent the collection of dirt and i with said shoulders to normally prevent turning of thebody tilith' respect to the frame, means carri'ectby the handle bar for operating said latch bolts to release. the said cams having foreign matter therein and means at the ends of the body and cotip'erating with the frame, whereby elevation of the latter I through the medium of the handle bar to free the bolts from the shoulderswhereby the bolts may be drawn, will result in the tipping of the bodyto engage the earth for causing turning of the body contents.

3. In a dumping scraper, the combination with a scraper body'of substantially cylindrical form with a scraping edge and trunnions projecting outwardly from the ends thereof in axial alinement; of cams fixed to empty its i to the ends of the body and having shoulder portions, a'frame straddling the body and pivoted to the trunnions, said frame having a handle bar projecting rearwardly from its central portion, draft means connected to a the trunnions, spring lugs fixed to the ends of the body' and projecting outwardly therefrom but adapted to spring inwardly, an auxiliary frame including latch bolts slidably mounted on the first named frame to cooperate with the shouldered portions of the cams, guide loops for said latch bolts, spring means between the frames to cause engagement of the latch bolts with the cams, said handle bar being braced to the first mentioned frame, and a latch handle pivoted to the handle bar and connected to the auxiliary frame for shifting the latter against the action of the springs to disengage the bolts from the cams, whereby the body may turn for dumping its contents, said lugs serving as means for engagement by the side portions of the first named frame, and loops for initially projecting the scraping edge of the body into the earth to cause the turning of the body andadapted to snap by said portions and loops by rolling of the body during the advancement of the scraper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN FRANK BOONE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. BURCH, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

